This just happened to me as well, on 2.0.8.
I was playing Factorio via Steam Remote Play or whatever it's called, on my laptop (Kubuntu) that isn't powerful enough to run the game. Game running on my desktop (Kubuntu), screen froze up but the Steam controls were still functional. Upon going over to ...

This happened to me in 0.17.5
Accidentally pressed "e" on research screen, and then crashed.
Mods in use:
alien-module_0.6.3.zip
Nanobots_3.0.6.zip
stdlib_1.0.2.zip

I have the log/dump and the save file if requested.